Toilet article



Patented Aug. I4, 1923.

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v Ituri-I s. scHaoEDara, or CHICAGO, ILLINoIs.

application lfiled June 5,

" T all whom it may concern):

Be it known that I, RUTH S. M. Sermon- DER, a citizen ofSweden, with apending application for II. S. citizenship, and residing at'Chicago, inthe county of Cook and State of Illinois, have Vinvented a certain newand useful Improvement in Toilet Articles, of which the followinois aspecification.

My invention relates to toilet accessories and has particular referenceVto devices for curling, marcelling or waving the hair, and its objectsare to provide a device that is light, easily applied and removed, andwhich will produce a more permanent waving or curling of the hair thanis accomplished by the devices heretofore provided. A further objectisto -malIe my device of a form and construction which adapts it to beworn as a hair ornament lwhile acting as a curling Y n() device.

And with the above named general objects in view my invention consistsin the novel construction, combination and arrangement of partshereinafter described in detail, illustratedV in the accompanyingdrawing,

and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing- Y Figure 1 is the outline of the upper portion of awomans figure showing the application of my invention.

`Figure 2 is a view of the device in theJ position in which it is heldinFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a view of Figure 2 in avertical plane at right angles to theplane of Figure Figure 4 is a view of the device in its operative orclosed position taken inthe plane of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is similar to Figure 4, but in a plane at right'angles thereto.

In the several views 2 and 3 are preferably arms or branches .in theform of elongated Y Wire loops which form aA claspbetween the members ofwhich is clamped the coil or winding of hair -5- on an intermediate arm,brancher pin 4. The members 2, 8 and 4 may be made in any suitablemanner and of various configurations, but by making` the 50. lops orarms out of wire makes the structure lighter than if made of platemetal. In Figure 1 the device.v or curler. is Vshown as held b v theleft handwhile the right hand iswinding a lock. or strands. of hair onthe 5 intermediate member 4. The latter is preferably wider, as shown,at its outer or free 1922. serial No. 566,061.

end so as tc wedge the hair wound upon it tightly inwardly or toward thejuncture of the three arms 2, 3 and 4, or to guard against any tendencyof the coil to slide oil the member 4. But its outlines may be' variedin numerous ways.

The arm 2 is perhaps most conveniently placed innermost, or against thehead of the user, in which event the arm 3. will be the outer or exposedarm and the only part that is exposed to view, and while this outermostarm is shown as of plain wire loo-p design it is obvious that it maytake any of the well known, or other, ornamental hair pin or hairornament designs. My improvement may therefore be Worn throughout theday as well as during the usual resting periods. As suggested in Figure1 a plurality of these hair curlers may be arranged to serve, whendesigned for that purpose, as hair ornaments as well as curlers.

The present improvement is designed both to facilitate the usuallyinconvenient process of hair curling and to give greater permanency tothe curls when formed by placing the curl 5 under pressure between thearms 2 and 3 while it is becoming set, as illus trated in Figures 4 and5. The full lines of Figure 2 show substantially the relative positionsof the arms while the winding is done on the arm 4. When the winding iscompleted the arm 3 is folded on or over the arms 2 and 4, the armsmoving together on their pivot portions at 10 on a band or pivot member11 to which the arm 4 is preferably secured at its ends-12 and 13. Whenfolded the arms 2 and 3 are held clasped upon the coil 5 by a catch 7pivoted at 6 and having a concave or hook portion 8 which .is engagedwith the free end of the arm 3. The catch '7 has a linger lQ'rip portion, or outstanding lug or lip 9 which. when in operative positionVprojects slightly bevond the arm 3 as shown in Figure 4. whereby it ismade conveniently accessible to hook or unhook the clamp of the cur-ler.The greater the tension upon the member the more securely will it boldthe parts together. At the same time it is instantaneously releasable bya slight outward pull on the lip or lug 9.

I cl aim as my invention- 1. hair curler consisting of three loops ofwire forming arms. said arms being pivoted together at their endsforfree angular movement relative to each other, one

of said arms adapted to serve as u Wndng member or core upon which aleek of huir may be Wound :1s :L Coil, and means for sustaining,pressure by the other arms upon said coil to increase its perlnaneney.

2. A huir Curiel con 'sting of a bar 0r arm upon which a coil of hairmay be Wound,

' pvotally movable loop-shaped arms, J[he opposite side of each loop to-he pressed lnto and form depressions in said coil und lne-111s forClampmg same zlgalns sind coll.

RUTH S. SCHROEBER.

